Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Newton Abbot, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.90 miles
Published by Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 February 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.90 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.90 miles away, further from the school than in 2024.
- That was the 14th shortest of 42 Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included), where the middle figure was 1.50 miles.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 62 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, so 6 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Devon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ogwell Mill Road, Bradley Barton, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 467 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 February 2023
Strengths
- “Bradley Barton Primary is an inclusive school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are positive.”
- “Leaders have high expectations for behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, this work is still ongoing.”
- “Leaders have not yet identified all the essential knowledge that pupils are to learn.”
- “This means that pupils can be introduced to new ideas before they are ready.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 74% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 62 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Devon.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Canada Hill Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Abbotskerswell Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Decoy Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published